Hot Docs Ari’s Theme Review: Interrupted Melody by Susan G. Cole Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Ari's Theme profiles a composer with disabilities who shares the transformative power of music.
Fragments of a Life Loved Review: Remembrances of Past Loves by Susan G. Cole Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Fragments of a Life Loved poetically explores a history of past relationships and former flames.
Hot Docs Death of a Saint Review: Building a Mystery by Courtney Small Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Death of a Saint crafts an enthralling tale of family, loss, and the secrets that often lay in the middle.
Reel Peak Films Fly Review: Some High-Flying Lovebirds by Pat Mullen Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews BASE jumping documentary Fly offers vertiginous cinematography and audible whooshes that let audiences sail through the air
Hot Docs Oksana Karpovych on Intercepted and Stories from the Other Side by Jason Gorber Published on April 30, 2024May 1, 2024 Hot Docs/Interviews On interview with Intercepted director Oksana Karpovych about telling stories from the Ukrainian war with phone calls by Russian soldiers.
National Geographic Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Review – A Love Like No Otter by Rachel Ho Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Billy and Molly: An Otter Love Story tells how an adopted otter gave a man a new lease on life.
Hot Docs Stray Bodies Review: The Pros and Cons of Bodily Autonomy by Marc Glassman Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Do women control their own bodies? Elina Psykou’s thought provoking essay film Stray Bodies finds multiple answers to this question.
Hot Docs A Band of Dreamers and a Judge Review: Dreams and Buried Treasures by Barbara Goslawski Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews In an uncanny stroke of serendipity, two very different films about treasure hunters in the modern era have arrived in Toronto’s cinemas at practically the same time.
Hot Docs Mexican Dream Review: A Real Mexican Telenovela by Liam Lacey Published on April 30, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Hybrid film Mexican Dream may be experimental and unorthodox but the pay-off is a crowd-pleasing melodramatic work of inspiration and happy tears.
1. Sheila Turner Seed takes a photo. Photographer unknown. New York, c. 1969 | Courtesy of Hot Docs A Photographic Memory Review: Memories Are Made of This by Marc Glassman Published on April 29, 2024 Hot Docs/Reviews Rachel Elizabeth Seed explores the life and work of her photographer mother Sheila Turner-Seed in A Photographic Memory.